US Patent Issued to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY on May 13 for "Intravascular ultrasound imaging apparatus, interface architecture, and method of manufacturing" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,783, issued on May 13, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Intravascular ultrasound imaging apparatus, interface architecture, and method of manufacturing" was invented by Paul Douglas Corl (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sold-state intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly directed to compact and efficient circuit architectures and electrical interfaces for an ultrasound transducer array used in a solid-state IVUS system. In one embodiment, an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device incl...